First Annual Pay It Forward Buildoff

I got mine as well. Luckily it was the size I anticipated. Off to work!
 
glocktenman said:
Hi Lorien, The diagram came in the mail today. It's bigger than I expected. I'll get to work on it. Thanks!
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I don't fuck around- go big, or go home

: )
 
I dont fuck around either :) I am about an inch over size...hope you don't mind lol....I went big...ger. Still kept to your drawing and got the HT done yesterday when i visited Delbert at his awesome shop. Now to get it finished :)
 
Got the drawing today... didn't like it and threw it aside, cat nibbled on it and threw up. Thanks Lorien......

;)
 
good thing I didn't take the trouble to autograph it for you Will
 
Got the template today, ordering steel tomorrow since all I have is JUST under size! :mad:

Quick reminder on due date?

Charlie
 
I got a chance to do some grinding over the weekend, I chose design A. I didn't realize the trouble the sweeping plunge was going to give me. After from VERY HELPFUL advice from Matt Bailey, I worked out some of the bugs.

I was having a hard time deciding whether to go with a full tang or hidden tang so I decided to attempt both and decide which one to Pay Forward. Here is the start of the full tang version.

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I plan on tapering the tang and drilling some additional holes to reduce the weight in the handle.
Comments welcome (Unless they are negative, I have a really weak spine!;))
 
Ryan, you had a lot better results with your plunge than I am, yours looks great. Mind sharing your tips?
 
I can definitely share it with you. I tried a few methods and did some research here. I have 3 of Matt Bailey's knives and they all have great sweeping plunge lines so I reached out out to him (Again). I hope Matt doesn't mind I am going to quote him because I couldn't explain it as well as he did if I tried:

"Basically what I do is grind a regular plunge forward of where I would normally terminate a plunge. After I get my bevels ground, I adjust the tracking on the kmg so that the belt is hanging off the side of the platen by about a quarter inch, maybe less. Then I bring it back in a sweeping pass, keeping pressure towards the cutting edge so I don't go to high while I am grinding on an angle. As you know, if you hit the belt unevenly, the side of the platen makes a mess quickly. Anyways I use that side of the platen and the overhanging belt to grind that angle. Sometimes I nail it, and sometimes I have to move the plunge lines back a little." - Matt Bailey

Here is a photo that shows how I started this plunge line then worked the sweeping plunge gradually back where I wanted it. I messed up a lot of steel (Luckily I had some mild steel scraps laying around) over the weekend but I feel pretty confident I can repeat this in the future. Good Luck.
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Gotcha. I was sweeping the plunge down into the blade, starting from where it would end up and it didn't work as well. Thank you!
 
Lorien ,

I recieved mine yesterday. I have the template made and I will start grinding on Sunday.


Thanks Again , Brent
 
Here are a few progress photos from my build. It may look a bit silly at first... but God willing it'll turn out in the end.

This first photo shows a thinned-down piece of titanium. This piece started at a bit more than 0.20" thick, and I needed to work it down to ~0.15"-0.16". I used a 2" face mill, but as you can see, it left a fairly rough finish. I decided that the ridges left by the face mill were too pronounced to give be a flat base for spotting my holes, so here I am using a 5/32" carbide end mill to create some flat "dots".
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Next, I am using a 1/4" carbide spotting bit to start the holes where they need to go.
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Here I am drilling all the holes to size. I use mostly cobalt bits for this. I managed to smoke one of these bits by accidentally using carbide speeds. Ouch.
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This photo shows all of the holes drilled and the start of the insert slots milled.
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This photo may look much the same as the last one, with the following changes:
  • Insert slots have been step-milled to 3/16".
  • (6) accent/skeletonize holes have been countersunk.
  • All other holes have been reamed and counterbored for hardware.
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This photo was taken after I flipped the plate over and did a few counterbores on the back side. I have removed the Ti plate from the mill and glued my printed CAD template onto the piece. I used one of my fluorescent fixtures as a light table to make sure all of the holes lined up.
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And this is the last photo from this update. I ran the plate through the bandsaw - demolishing a not-insignificant number of bandsaw teeth in the process - to cut the handles to rough-shape.
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I see some blade work and a great deal of nasty titanium grinding in my future.
Erin
 
Looking good Lorien...

Ummmm Erin huh? Looks really cool, can't wait to see what happens with this.

Got my steel in for my big project then I'll jump on the rest of the work on my knife.
 
I posted earlier, but it didn't stick. Anyway, Erin- holy shit man! I wouldna even considered a balisong built from that design, (not that we're allowed to think about balisongs in Canada, lest the thought police break down the door...).
Very awesome!

ps. thanks Will, damn, that was a compliment wasn't it? I'm just gonna keep doing what I'm doing! : )
 
Lorien, yes it's a compliment although I've heard that the Canadian thought police are closing in on your shop because you uttered the word "balisong."
 
there goes the neighbourhood.
Funny though, the RCMP ARE my neighbours.

balisongbalisongbalisongbalisongbalisongbalisongbalisongbalisongbalisong
 
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